Officially Licensed USMC MALS-11 Devilfish PVC Glow Patch — Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 PVC Patch
The Devilfish keep the jets flying—MALS-11, the aviation logistics backbone of MAG-11 at MCAS Miramar, ensuring every fighter and attack aircraft is armed, fueled, and mission-ready.
Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 (MALS-11), the "Devilfish," is the dedicated aviation logistics support squadron for Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. MALS-11 provides all intermediate-level maintenance, supply support, aviation ordnance, avionics repair, and aircraft component repair for the fixed-wing squadrons of MAG-11—including F/A-18 Hornet, F-35B Lightning II, and F-35C Lightning II fighter attack squadrons that represent the cutting edge of Marine Corps tactical aviation.
The Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron concept was established in the late 1980s as the Marine Corps reorganized its aviation maintenance and supply structure to consolidate intermediate-level maintenance capabilities under a single squadron within each Marine Aircraft Group. Prior to this reorganization, each flying squadron maintained its own intermediate-level maintenance shops, creating redundancy and inefficiency. MALS-11 consolidated these functions, creating a one-stop logistics hub that provides specialized maintenance, repair, and supply support to all of MAG-11's flying squadrons while reducing the overall maintenance footprint.
MALS-11's Marines and sailors perform thousands of maintenance actions monthly, from avionics troubleshooting and engine component repair to ordnance build-up and supply chain management. The Devilfish deploy forward with MAG-11 squadrons, establishing expeditionary maintenance and supply operations in austere environments to sustain combat aviation operations. The squadron's work is often unseen by those outside the aviation community, but without MALS-11's maintainers, ordnancemen, and supply specialists, not a single MAG-11 aircraft would leave the flight line.
Perfect For: MALS-11 Devilfish members and veterans, MAG-11 maintenance and supply personnel, 3rd MAW aviation logisticians, MCAS Miramar Marines, Marine Corps aviation maintenance professionals, and PVC glow patch collectors.
The Devilfish of MALS-11—the unsung heroes who keep MAG-11's fighters armed, fueled, and flying from the flight lines of Miramar to the forward operating bases of the world.
